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Ravensdene Court

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Ravensdene Court (1922)
by Joseph Smith Fletcher

Starting with a dual murder, Mr. Fletcher unravels his patchwork quilt with amazing skill, then sews it together again. The best work of this master of detective fiction, with quaint atmosphere, thrills, mystery, and love. —The Bookman, August 1922

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RAVENSDENE
COURT

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THE MYSTERY STORIES OF

J. S. FLETCHER

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"Unquestionably, the detective story of the season and, therefore, one which no lover of detective fiction should miss."—The Broadside.

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THE PARADISE MYSTERY [1920]

"As a weaver of detective tales Mr. Fletcher is entitled to a seat among the elect. His numerous followers will find his latest book fully as absorbing as anything from his pen that has previously appeared."—New York Times.

DEAD MEN'S MONEY [1920]

"The story is one that holds the reader with more than the mere interest of sensational events; Mr. Fletcher writes in a notable style."—Newark Evening News.

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" . . . A rattling good yarn. . . . An uncommonly well written tale."—New York Times."

THE CHESTERMARKE INSTINCT [1921]

"Mr. Fletcher is a master of plot. . . . To tell a story as well as this is a literary achievement."—Boston Transcript.

THE BOROUGH TREASURER [1921]

"As mystifyng a tale as even Mr. Fletcher himself has written."—New York Times.

THE HERAPATH PROPERTY [1921]

Numerous complications lead from the murder of Jacob Herapath and the search for his will.

SCARHAVEN KEEP [1922]

The mystery of the disappearance of Bassett Oliver, famous actor.

RAVENSDENE COURT [1922]

Two men are struck down by an unseen hand, at the same time in widely separated places—who killed them?

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ALFRED A. KNOPF, New York.



RAVENSDENE
COURT



BY
J. S. FLETCHER



NEW YORK
ALFRED · A · KNOPF
MCMXXII



COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.

Published July, 1922

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

I The Inn on the Cliff, 9
II Ravensdene Court, 21
III The Morning Tide, 34
IV The Tobacco Box, 46
V The News from Devonport, 58
VI Secret Theft, 71
VII Yellowface, 84
VIII Was It a Woman? 96
IX The Enlarged Photograph, 108
X The Yellow Sea, 120
XI The Five Conclusions, 133
XII Netherfield Baxter, 145
XIII The Spoils of Sacrilege, 157
XIV Solomon Fish, 169
XV Mr. Jallanby—Ship Broker, 181
XVI The Pathless Wood, 193
XVII Humfrey de Knaythville, 206
XVIII The Plum Cake, 218
XIX Black Memories, 230
XX The Possible Reason, 242
XXI The Chinese Gentleman, 254
XXII Red Dawn, 267
XXIII The Fourth Chinaman, 279
XXIV The Silk Cap, 291
XXV Clear Decks, 304


RAVENSDENE
COURT

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